WHIPPET RACING

Press, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22196, 13 September 1937, Page 17

WHIPPET RACING

HOMEVALE WINS DEWAR’S CUP On Saturday, the Belfast Whippet Rac Ing Club held its winter meeting at River Park, when there was a good attendance of spectators. The track was in excellent condition, but there was a strong head wind which slowed the times considerably The chief events were for the Dewar's Cup on the flat and for the Devonvale Cup over th ® hu^ d r l e V r d mer proving a win for Mrs J. R. . u - Johns with Homevale, and r ßo°v af won by Mrs H. Barnes with Robin Royal. The following were the results.— MAIDEN HURDLE HANDICAP. 200 yards. Mrs J. Burn’s Gale (20yds) j - ; L Mrs J. R. D. Johns’s Homevale (20yds) 2 W Codyre’s Rascal (20yds) .. Won by a length, with the third dog half a length away. Time, 14 --ssec. DEVONVALE CUP OPEN HURDLE HANDICAP. 200 Yards Mrs H. Barnes’s Robin Royal < da) J Mrs L, McKendry’s Thunderbolt (20yds 2 Mrs H. Barnes’s Glengerald Royal Won y by half a length,’ with a length, between the next two dogs. Time, 13 2-ssec. NURSERY FLAT HANDICAP. 100 yards. J. W. Cooper’s Sitting Bull (45yds) .. 1 J. W. Cooper’s Heroic Faith •• - Dent’s and Smith’s Royden (4iyds) ..3 Won by two lengths each way. Time, Csec. JUVENILE FLAT HANDICAP. 200 yards. im-cf Heat T. Dixon’s Winsome Boy (ojyds) 1, Mrs J. Price’s Last Wyn (Byds) 2 Mrs L. McKendry’s Coronation UOiyds) 3*. Won by half a length, with a head separating second and third. Time, iz Second Heat—Mrs Atkinson’s My Sister (9yds) I, D. A. Clarke s Doris Star (101 yds) 2. R. Oldrldge’s Bonny Agnes (Byds) 3. Won by a neck, with the third dog a head away. Time, 13sec. Final Winsome Boy -• “I My Sister .. • - ■ ■ ; Last Wyn .. -• •• •* Won by half a length, with three lengths separating second and third. Time, 12 2-Ssec. DEWAR’S CUP OPEN FLAT HANDICAP. 200 Yards. First Heat—Mrs J. R. D. Johns’s Homevale (14yds) 1, Mrs M. Owens’s Robin Adair (7yds) 2. J. Middleton’s Royal Shot (IDiyds) 3. Won by half a length, with a length between the next two dogs. Time. 11 4-ssec. Second Heat—H. W. Howard s Flying Wyn (11yds) 1, Mrs B. Smith’s Royal Chief (14yds) 2 Mrs L. McKendry’s Thunderbolt (131 yds) 3. Won by a length each way. Time, 12 l-ssec. Final Homevale .. .. .. 1 Flying Wyn .. .. -.2 Robin Adair .. 3 Won by a nose, with a length between the next two dogs. Time, 11 4-ssec. IMPROVERS’ FLAT HANDICAP. 200 Yards. First Heal—Arnold’s and Mather's Saturn (131 yds) 1. T. Dixon’s Winsome Boy (14yds) 2, Mrs D. Coleman’s Jenny Lee (14yds) 3. Won by a length with the third dog well back. Time, 12 l-ssec. Second Heat—D. Briggs’s Golden King (14yds) 1, Mrs Crooke’s Brian Bosco (14yds) 2. L. Stubbing'* Golden Jane (13iyds) 3. Won by a nose, with the third dog three lengths away. Time, 12 2-ssec. Final Brian Bosco .. .. 1 Winsome Boy .. .2 . Saturn .. .. .. 3 A great finish, noses each way. Time, 12sec. LIGHT-WEIGHT FLAT HANDICAP. 200 Yards. J. W. Cooper’s Faith (11yds) .. .. 1 J. Morton s St. Felix (12yds i .. 2 E. Musson’s Lightning Lady (14yds) .. 3 Another close finish, the first four dogs being separated by heads each way, Time, 12 4-ssec. SECOND-CLASS FLAT HANDICAP. 200 Yards. P. J. Walklin’s Sure Tip (14vds) .. 1 R. Cumming’s Pantheon (14yds) 2 W. Linton’s Bundy (14vds) .. 3 Well strung out; two‘lengths each way. Time, 11 4-ssee.